[Closed] What's your first name, do you like it and would you change it?

I dislike my name although used to it now. I was singled out for a slagging for it often. I would have given a lot for a monosyllabic name when I was a kid

john

Its just a name but you hear it shouted everywher eyou go so a bit common [ so quite apt]

My only advice give them a name that means they wont be picked on... by luck I seem to have come up with childrens names that cannot be abbreviated but that was not the plan it just happened - som efolk care about this . Dont stat t the name with an H idf you live up north a mate spends ages correcting Helena from ealanor [ yes I cant spell those names]

Yeah, Tandem is a tough name for a kid 🙂

I have to say, Jeremy is one of those names that says 'posh kid' to me which I can imagine would make it tough at school unless of course it was a posh one...

Simon. Quite happy with it, although it does have a hint of 'born in the 70s' about it.

My mum chose it because she wanted a name that couldn't be abbreviated, because obviously no-one would ever call me Si 🙄

I was actually Philip for a couple of hours, but they changed their mind.

If I'd come out a girl I would have been Geraldine apparently. Wouldn't have been so happy about that

no tarquin and peregerine mocked him for being too street iirc

Clubber - glasgow comprehensive school

[s]No posting without stating your name JY...[/s]

EDIT - to correct my poor reading. On my own thread of all things 😯

Sam, yes, No.

Although when I was a small kid it did seam like most of the local dogs were called Sam as well. Plus I was always asked by any new teacher what my proper name was as Sam couldn't be my full name.

TJ - bet that was fun then. See, private schools clearly are a good thing for the Jeremys/Tarquins of the world 🙂

could have been worse - Peregrine was an alternative I believe 🙂

so to the OP - simple,normal, conventional, short. these are the best names IMO

I like the Seb Coe quote, when asked how come he got so good at running:

[i]I became a great runner because if you're a kid in Leeds and your name is Sebastian you've got to become a great runner.[/i]

No posting without stating your name JY...

No slagging me off without reading your own thread 🙄

😉

Adam tell him you real name FFS

Frances, hated it as a kid and insisted on using my middle name, now I don't mind i as don't know any other Frances' (except my Aunt whom I was named after) although as you can imagine I rarely get called Frances, shortened to Fran.

Jonathan

Don't really like it, so I've always just shortened it to Jon. Not sure it would even register as my name if someone shouted it out now.

Contrary to popular belief it's Simon or Simón, I'll answer to both though, shitferbrains I draw the line at.
Not bothered about changing it but if I have a boy I'd like to use Sebastian.

My mum chose a name she thought couldn't be abbreviated. It didn't work

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Oh.... and quality name Munqe-chick. I love it! Same as my 7 year old. Named after her great grandma. Though she gets called Francois as much as she gets Fran. For some reason

First name William, known by my second name Andrew. Was a right PITA not been known by my first name on school register etc and explaining that its Andrew/Andy.

Hate William don't mind Andrew

Derek
Even my parents didn't seem to get on with it and called me Dez most of my life! For some reason I've decided I'll be Derek at work and Dez everywhere else.. (don't ask me!) (oh and DebZ on the forum)
Weird, cos they named my older brother Ray, not Raymond because it would only get shortened to Ray anyway 😕

[edit]Yeah, I think I'll change it to my second name.... Frank!

Justin

I like it but it's not always been an easy name to live with.

During my teen's, when I introduced myself to people, one of my mates would always pipe-up with "that's what his girlfriends call him anyway!!" 😯 🙄

Owen, I like it.

Although growing up in Wales it was shortened to O. Mrs and her family (who are from darn sarf) call me O, as do a few friends.

Carl.
Like it and wouldn't change it.

Everyone at school shortened their names - Dave, Ben, Daz, Nick etc.... couldn't do that with mine so got called Carlos along with a lot of other names

Although growing up in Wales it was shortened to O. Mrs and her family (who are from darn sarf) call me O, as do a few friends.

Stephen, though no-one bar my Gran calls me by that name, it's always Steve or Stevo.

I quite like it in a boring, middle of the road kind of way.

Julian, yes, no.

Bloody horrible name to grow up with as a kid - "julie" was quite common and lead to more than one playground fight. Apparently around age 8 I decided to change my name and wanted to be known as Steven. I have no recollection of this but by mum and my auntie (RIP) both swore it happened. Lasted about three days they reckon

Didn't know anyone else with the same first name till I was in my twenties, even now there's only one other guy on facebook with the same full name as me.

Still get people calling me Justin and Adrian. Doesn't bother me anymore, I realise it's them just being ignorant and not actually paying attention

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(the one on the left, Love it)

Sammie.

It's worked alright for the last 30 odd years.

Tangwyn. I was born in Wales to hippies in the 70s. My mother is Indian so I also have the name Ramananda. I wanted to be called Scott when I was young. Still my other siblings faired worse. Merlin, Hermes, Dolphin (aka Finn) and bizarrely Peter, Adam and Ryan. Two sisters; Aurelia and Jemima.

Calvin, Hobbes, Bill or Garry, titusrider?

I think you'll find they're saying oh! You know that little noise that falls out when you're disappointed.

I lived in Barry, so used to get Oh, O as a greeting. I don't think you can be disappointed living in Barry.

Mine's Neil. Possibly after Neil Diamond. I don't particularly love it or hate it. It's my name and that's that.

I prefer it to the name that I was nearly lumbered with. Glenn. Ooooof.

And Karen had I not had a widger.

Michael - like it well enough, it's very common where I grew up. Like most shortened names, I don't actually like the sound of Mike particularly. Although it's not something you can correct people on without sounding like a bit of a bell end - [i]Actually it's not Mike it's Michael.[/i]
So I usually just introduce myself as Mike and leave it at that.

Sue

still dont think its really a boys name tho

Lynsey. My mom really liked the name, told me she heard it for the first time because it was the name of Paul McCartney's ex-girlfriend, Lynsey de Paul. Although apparently she was actually [i]Ringo Starr's[/i] ex-girlfriend...

My mom thought it was a nice and unusual name. Sadly, so did two other sets of parents of girls in my year - I was one of three Lynseys. Apparently my mom wanted it spelt with a 'd', but my dad insisted on the final spelling, saying that 'Lyndsey' was a boy's name. I think he was just a bit miffed, because he wanted me to be called Holly. Can't imagine being a Holly. When I was about 8, I really, really wanted to be called Tiffany! 😆

Carrick, and I'm absolutely fine with it.

Mine's Wendy, but I'm thinking of changing it to my middle name Roger.

Born Charles (still called Charlie by some). Changed to Adam in 1992 (well, tacked on and now everyone calls me Adam).

Robin

Its not that normal, just like me 😀

Tehcnically Nicholas, although other than my work email address (there already being another Nick Evans here), I'm always Nick. Have no issues with it! Bit common it seems...

My names Adrian, used to hate it as a kid, I guess because I got teased and called Adrienne 🙄 but its grown on me since, most of my friends call me Ady or Ado!

Erm... Graham obviously 😀

Like it well enough. Friends mainly call me G anyway.

I shortened my full name to just the name everyone called me by, and me surname, by Deed Poll a few years ago. I just don't see the point in having more than one name; no-one ever uses the others so what's the point? Caused a lot of confusion when doing official forms and stuff, just unnecessary.

Plus my original first name, being an Islamic one, was a bit of a mouthful for ignorant Western Infidels, so weren't even worth trying to get them to use it.

Coon't be happier with my name tbh. Love it. Probbly one of the only good choices my old man ever made about my life...

Born Thomas, known as Tom from as early as I could tell people.

I rather like it. It's a name for all ages, young and old.

Whether my daughter, Beatrice, thinks the same of her parents' choice remains to be seen.

Let me explain something to you.
Um, I am not "Mr. Hilton" - you're Mr. Hilton; I'm Rob.

So that's what you call me. You know, that or, Robert, or uh, Robby-Bear, or Il Re Roberto Hiltolini if you're not into the whole brevity thing.

Not Bob - [b]never Bob![/b]

i hate my first name, always have always will, don't mind the abbreviation as much. I hate the way people emphasize the pronounciation and deliberate mispronounce it and add letters that aren't there. I liked my nick name better it always seemed to suit me.

Matthew, or more often Matt. Yeah I like it, no intention to change it.

Stuart, most people call me Stu except at work. Don't mind it.
My middle name is Lewis, apparently that was going to be my first name but my parents changed their minds. I wouldn't have minded if they had stuck with it.

Ian - Happy with it. Used to get shortened to "Ee" when I was a kid which irritated me, although in retrospect I think I must have just liked getting irrationally irritated by things...

I'm another Jonathan, shortened to Jon (with no H which irrationally boils my piss at work when someone adds one. Don't you realise it looks different when you read it, surely that makes it stick in your mind! If someone does add an H, I just do the same back randomly in their name until they get the idea..... Dear Mhartin, Dear Mohnica, etc.)

To my Uni mates i am and always will be Shilts, due to my prowess between the sticks.

To my family, I'm Jonny.

Of all of them, Jonny's my favourite but for some reason i don't use it at work because it doesn't sound professional. can't work out why though.....

Like many, my middle name (Jane) was what I was known as by family and close friends.
Real name of Christine was what I got called at work, or rather Chris, which was confusing as I had a boyfriend also Chris many years ago.

Shame that it wasn't Christina (which I prefer).

Jane is the name I'm known by and changed to when I got married.

Mister.

Love it. 😀

TJ:
I dislike my name although used to it now. I was singled out for a slagging for it often. I would have given a lot for a monosyllabic name when I was a kid

And now nobody spells it right. Geremy? Jeremie? WTF?

I'm an Andrew.

Only 2 people call me Andy, my best mate and my Brother In Law. I don't mind them doing it but don't particularly like it when others do. No idea why. Maybe because I've known them for so long that it doesn't register.

If I was born without my gentleman's sausage I would have been called Alison.

If my sister, Alison, had been born with a gentleman's sausage she would have been called Stephen.

Kathryn, though for the first ten years of my life I was known as Katy. My mum thought the latter was lovely for a little girl but maybe I'd prefer Kathryn when grown up. (Despite the username I never have my name shortened, probably because I look too stern to have a nickname)

Never had a problem with it, though of course people don't always spell it correctly. Have had much more of an issue with my last name, which despite being only TWO letters, and despite me spelling it every single time someone asks me for it, some people still can't get right!

Carl , like it and wouldn't change it.

Middle name is Phillip and I don't mind that either.

I always got Carlos from mates at school.

Tom. It's alright.

Philip here, too posh for where I grew up, so spent my childhood known as 'Harpo' 😕

Ann-Marie, the marie bit isnt a middle name.
Kinda used to it now, i wouldn't pick it, i like the sentiment behind it, name off each gran. The extended family already had a marie-anne.
I have a surname i have to spell out for everyone, so i end up spelling the lot. only 15 letters....

It's one of those names that allows some people in the west of scotland to make loads of assumptions.

Rarely get called Ann, get anne-marie a lot in emails, will answer to marie-ann because i know what you mean. My mates called me AM. My mum uses whatever name comes to mind, my brothers, my sis in laws......
Abroad i am Anna-Maria, that seems to be more understandable in my accent.

if i get to do the picking i'd like to choose a gaelic name, or least use the gaelic spelling.

Edward - I normally use Edd as Edward seems a little formal. Quite happy with it though.

Real name Johannes, but everyone knows me as Hanno.
Cause a lot of hassle when I receive cheques, other than that no probs.

Fraser - I have met only a few, but then I do live in the South 😀 Got teased as a kid but now the only problem is people always spell it incorrectly, Frazer, Frazier, Fraisier, Frasier etc. you get the idea.

Now quite happy being fairly unique.

Patrick, Paddy to most people and Pat to my family (I don't really like other people calling me that though as it makes me feel like an 8 year old or something).

Keith Amadeus Thomson
Nothing wrong wi that

My names Roger. Pretty open to micky taking and I got a bit at primary school ie Roger Rabbit, Roger Ramjet, Roger Redhat etc etc. Pretty sure I remember chasing some kid round the play ground as he shouted out Roger Rabbit ! Roger Rabbit ! Roger Rabbit !

Cant really remember anyone bothering about it at secondary school except the thick kid who kept calling me ROW-GER, which I suppose is how its spelt.

When I was little did nt really occur to me that you might not like your own name. I was called Roger and that was it.

Steven. Don't particularly like it but after 40 years I'm used to it. Most people call me Steve except close family who still call me Steven.

Could have been worse, my Dad wanted to call me by his name which is Gideon and now my middle name. And to top it off my surname is Dance, which added to my middle name I was the target for a lot of abuse at school.

This was why!

Colin....

Hate it. Associated with geeks and losers. Every time, in films, the loser is Colin.

Oh, wait....

* takes deep breath*

Amelia.
It's a family name I have a sort of love/hate with it. It was awful at school but now I quite like it. Everyone calls me Em. Emsz/ Emszy is what gf calls me when she's being needy lol

Thats a lovely name Emsz.

I'm Alan. Never really had any problems with it, there's far too much mileage to be had out of my surname for anyone to particularly even notice my first name. It does seem to be quite easy for people to misspell though.

Keith

Much abused name on T.V. i.e Keith in "The Office" is a bit thick and fat, . . . the Spitting Image song etc, also compounded by Chegger's daft antics!!

I quite like it, never had much bother, . . . at school I was called Orville by everyone because of Keith Harris!! Played a school football match once and someone on the other team had been christened Orville too!

I delight in telling people it means Wood, . . followed by "and I've got it"!!!

I'm [s]Alan[/s]Philip. Never really had any problems with it, there's far too much mileage to be had out of my surname for anyone to particularly even notice my first name. It does seem to be quite easy for people to misspell though.

*nods in agreement*

although the name philip has always made me feel like i should wear glasses for some reason.

emsz has the same name as my niece 😀 i dont think i've ever called her by her real name, same with my other nieces, they seem to enjoy having new names made up for them every time and giggle like little girls (suppose they are little girls)

Justin
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one of my mates would always pipe-up with "that's what his girlfriends call him anyway!!

The correct response there is "yeah, they do; mind you, they call him Tintin." (might not work without a Northern accent)

giggle like little girls (suppose they are little girls)

What would you have them do instead, guffaw like sailors? Cackle in a particularly cruel and unsettling manner like some nasty little thing from the East End? 😐

emsz - Member

* takes deep breath*

Amelia.

Don - how long ago was that?

15yrs or so ago.

My name is Huw. I'm happy with it, though I did want to be called Steve Austin when I was seven.

Lawrence (although everyone calls me Larry).

Interesting fact - as a first name it's more usually spelled with a u instead of a w (yeah, you liked that didn't you).

Many notable Englishman with that name - helps to mark one out from the hoi pollio.

Real name is Michael. Called Michael or Mike at work. Parents, siblings etc. know me as Mick. Most others call me Bill which is an abbreviation of my middle name which I was tagged with at primary school as there were two Michael's with the same surname in the same class. My wife and her family know me as Bill too.

Nick. Don't mind it at all